The dream for eight teams who are bowl eligible is alive. Assuming all get a bid, the Aztecs enter the college football playoff picture. They run the table, UNLV is the runner-up, and bowls are assigned pretty much geographically. San Jose State becomes eligible but is relegated to a to-be-determined bowl due to their loss to Utah State.

The Oklahoma Sooners notched a big win last week, defeating the Tennessee Volunteers in Neyland Stadium at night by a score of 33-27. The six-point victory elevated OU to a 7-2 record overall and a 3-2 mark in the SEC, both improvements over last year.

This year’s quarterfinal matchups feature the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowls, with the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as semifinal hosts. As with last season, first-round matchups (Seeds 5-12) will be hosted by the higher-ranked team on campus.

Even though Cal (5-4) has lost its past two games, it still needs just one victory in its final three regular-season games to become bowl-eligible for the third

Cougars could potentially match up with some big-name programs like Oklahoma, LSU, USC or Missiouri at NRG or San Antonio.

The SportsLine Inside the Lines team and Projection Model says no team improved itself more at the trade deadline than Indianapolis

The majority of bowl projectors this week have the Cardinals making their first ever appearance in the College Football Playoff.